Phillies Face Must-Win Game 2 Against Dodgers: Who Will Prevail?

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00:00And the Philadelphia Phillies have a chance tonight to get back in this series, Joe.

00:03From Philadelphia, 6.08 p.m.

00:06Blake's now going up against Jesus Lozardo.

00:10Lefty versus lefty.

00:12Seven and a half as a total.

00:13Favorite now.

00:14No longer the Philadelphia Phillies like you saw them with Christopher Sanchez on the mound.

00:18The favorite is towards the Dodgers at a minus 132 price.

00:21Seems like it's do or die for the Phillies or they're just going to go out and take a vacation in California

00:25and probably get popped in game number three.

00:28Must win situation for the Phillies.

00:30The question is, can they get it done in your mind, Joe?

00:33Well, they're going to have to, right?

00:35The problem is it doesn't get any easier.

00:39Yes, now you got to deal with Snell.

00:41And, of course, you'll have Glass now to deal with.

00:44And then Yamamoto and Sasaki and the list goes on and on and on and on.

00:48So the big question is, and my fear with the Phillies, Donnie, was they are going to miss Wheeler.

00:54This is where the Wheeler injury will start to rear.

00:57It's ugly head, because do we really want the season and a balance hanging on Lozardo here?

01:04Because, listen, when he's good, Donnie, he's been great, right?

01:08But which version of him shows up here tonight?

01:11Some of his metrics seem to be better on the road than they have been at home.

01:15He's given up four runs in two of his last three starts.

01:20This total is sitting at seven and a half.

01:22It wouldn't shock me if the total starts to creep up here.

01:26You know, the Dodgers are built for the postseason.

01:28And if you don't get Harper hitting, then it is over, Donnie, for the Phillies here.

01:34So I think it's super important for Philadelphia to do again what they did, play from in front.

01:41But they've got to be able to get multiple innings with runners on and get the ball rolling here.

01:48Otherwise, the longer you let the Dodgers hang around against a guy like Lozardo or anybody else, the uglier it could get.